χρύσοφρυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χρύσοφος (khrúsophos)

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰry̌ː.so.pʰrys/ → /ˈxry.so.ɸrys/ → /ˈxri.so.fris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰry̌ː.so.pʰrys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰry.so.pʰrys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxry.so.ɸrys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxry.so.frys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxri.so.fris/

Noun

χρῡ́σοφρῠς • (khrū́sophrus) m (genitive χρῡσόφρῠος); third declension

1. gilthead (Sparus aurata)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς; τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς ho khrū́sophrus	τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε tṑ khrūsóphrue	οἱ χρῡσόφρῠες hoi khrūsóphrues
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος toû khrūsóphruos	τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν toîn khrūsophrúoin	τῶν χρῡσοφρῠ́ων tôn khrūsophrúōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσόφρῠῐ̈ / χρῡσόφρυι tôi khrūsóphruï / khrūsóphrui	τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν toîn khrūsophrúoin	τοῖς χρῡσόφρῠσῐ / χρῡσόφρῠσῐν toîs khrūsóphrusi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χρῡ́σοφρῠν tòn khrū́sophrun	τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε tṑ khrūsóphrue	τοὺς χρῡσόφρῡς / χρῡσόφρῠᾰς toùs khrūsóphrūs / khrūsóphruas
Vocative	χρῡ́σοφρῠ khrū́sophru	χρῡσόφρῠε khrūsóphrue	χρῡσόφρῠες khrūsóphrues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Chrysophrys
• → Latin: chrȳsophrys

Further reading

• “χρύσοφρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χρύσοφρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette